Every morning Barb/MI posts an inspiring or thought-provoking quotation selected especially for educators, referred to as an "Apple Seed," on the main chatboard. The "Apple Seeds" she posted during last month are compiled here...

Be sure to use the Printable link following this list to print out an attractive poster worthy of sharing with teachers and school administrators, and to file for use as a reference tool whenever you need a great quotation!

Wise people speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
~ Plato

You can always change your plan, but only if you have one.
~ Randy Pausch

You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.
~ Chuck Carlson

Your hopes, dreams, and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms – if you will only let them.
~ Diane Roger

There is no limit to what you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.
~ Keynote

Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
~ John Marm Brown

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
~ John Burroughs

To-Do lists help us break life into small steps.
~ Randy Pausch

People don’t really care how much we know until they know how much we care.
~ Mike McKnight

The first and most important thing about goals is having one.
~ Geoffrey Albert

The heart that gives – gathers.
~ Hannah Moore

We can light tomorrow with today.
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

It’s what we learn after we know it all that counts.
~ John Wooden

As you grow older, you’ll find that the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do.
~ Zachary Scott

I am thankful for the taxes I pay because it means that I’m employed.
~ Nancie J. Carmody

Not everything needs to be fixed.
~ Randy Pausch

For every obstacle there is a solution – over, under, around, or through.
~ Dan Zadra

Love cures people – both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
~ Dr. Karl Menninger

Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!”
~ Robin Williams

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always take your own sunshine.
~ Anthony J. D’Angelo

We need heart-to-heart resuscitation.
~ Ram Dass

For 200 years, we’ve been conquering Nature. Now we’re beating it to death.
~ Tom McMillan

Develop a good filing system.
~ Randy Pausch

Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession.
~ Friedrich Schiller

Those whom we support hold us up in life.
~ Marie Ebner Von Eshenbach

Have faith. You will never be given a problem or an opportunity without at the same time being provided with everything you need to handle it.
~ Dan Zadra

You are loved. If so, what else matters?
~ Edna St. Vincent Millay

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
~ Louis L’Amour

Rethink the telephone.
~ Randy Pausch

Here is the test to determine whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t.
~ Richard Bach

Printable "Apple Seeds" in pdf format

Discussion for:
Apple Seeds, May 2009- Teachers.Net Gazette
Barb Stutesman (May 2009 Gazette)

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